KARACHI: Karachi police have arrested at least three drug peddlers involved in supplying crystal meth to a number of drug addicts in three separate raids. Asif Brohi, the drug peddler, arrested from Myanmar said that he buys meth from one “Lori para” area of Balochistan province and supplies it to addicts around the city and “retailers” in different colleges and universities. The last raid was conducted to arrest a wholesaler of the drug. The middle man agreed to buy drugs from the “wholesaler” in order to sell it to the undercover agents of Zimmedar Kaun team and asked them to meet in a deserted place near Sindh-Balochistan border near Hub Chowki. The middle man was arrested after he brought in meth from the wholesaler but the wholesaler managed to flee.
As police raided the flat, they caught two people, one girl and a boy, consuming ice while the flat owner was also taken into custody for allowing the illegal activity on his property.
According to a private television channel, three drug peddlers were arrested dealing in the drug in three separate raids conducted in Gulshan-e-Maymar, DHA and Hub Chowki areas of the city.
All three were selling and consuming the drug while the notorious drug lord Rahim Mama also pointed out a flat in DHA where he allowed people from affluent neighborhoods of the area to consume crystal meth.
The highly dangerous drug, also known as “ice”, is associated with serious health conditions, including memory loss, aggression, psychotic behavior and potential heart and brain damage. Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine. It is just one form of the drug methamphetamine. People take it by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle. Some even take it orally, but all develop a strong desire to continue using it because the drug creates a false sense of happiness and well-being-a rush (strong feeling) of confidence, hyper activeness and energy.
It is a dangerous and potent chemical and, as with all drugs, a poison that first acts as a stimulant but then begins to systematically destroy the body.
Highly addictive, meth burns up the body’s resources, creating a devastating dependence that can only be relieved by taking more of the drug.
Published in Daily Times, January 3rd 2019.